Trackpad gestures in Photos on Mac
You can use trackpad gestures to browse and work with your photos.
Note: To use the tap or double-tap gestures in the table below, turn on “Tap to click” in Trackpad preferences. To use the three-finger tap to look up information about the text object, turn on “Look up & data detectors” in Trackpad preferences. To see how trackpad gestures work and change your trackpad settings, choose Apple menu 
> System Preferences, then click Trackpad.
View photos and albums
Action | Gesture | ||||||||||
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View the photos in a moment, collection, or year | Tap or pinch open on the year, collection, or moment | ||||||||||
Zoom out of a moment or collection to see more photos at a time | Pinch closed | ||||||||||
Scroll up or down through photos in the Photos window | Swipe up or down with two fingers | ||||||||||
Open an individual photo | Double-tap the photo | ||||||||||
Zoom in or out while viewing an individual photo | Pinch open or closed | ||||||||||
Close an individual photo and see more photos | Pinch closed | ||||||||||
See the next or previous photo in a moment or album | Swipe left or right with two fingers | ||||||||||
Open a photo in the row of thumbnails | Tap the photo | ||||||||||
Export a photo | Drag the photo to the desktop | ||||||||||
Scroll up or down through your projects and albums | Swipe up or down with two fingers | ||||||||||
Open an album or project | Double-tap | ||||||||||
Open a contextual menu for a thumbnail to get information about it, rotate it, share it, delete it, and more | Tap a thumbnail with two fingers | ||||||||||
Edit photos
Action | Gesture | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
While in editing view, open a contextual menu to change or get information about a photo | Tap a photo with two fingers | ||||||||||